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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does Rainaldi give Philip for Ambrose's accusations against Rachel in the last letter Philip received?
(a) Ambrose and Rachel had been having a normal marital quarrel.
(b) Ambrose believed Rachel was going to leave him.
(c) Ambrose used the word "torment" because he was tormented by the thought of leaving Rachel alone.
(d) Ambrose was delusional.

2. What reason does Rachel give Seecombe for wanting breakfast in her room when she first arrives in England?
(a) Ambrose used to say that women were not fit to see until after eleven.
(b) She does not care for Philip's company.
(c) She does not want to disturb Philip's routine.
(d) She does not want to put the cook to any trouble.

3. What trait of Rachel's does Ambrose praise in his initial letters to Philip about her?
(a) She knows when to stop talking.
(b) She is good with children.
(c) She swears like a sailor.
(d) She has lovely eyes.

4. What was the hanged man convicted of?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Killing his wife.
(c) Murdering his wife's lover.
(d) Robbing a bank.

5. Why does Philip not help the men harvest the fields after Ambrose's death?
(a) Ambrose is not there to order him to help.
(b) He will no longer be paid for the work because he owns the land.
(c) He has never helped them before, so there is no reason to start now.
(d) He realizes the men would think it is not right since he is now the estate's owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of information is Philip surprised to learn from Rainaldi concerning Ambrose's will?

2. What does Ambrose bring back from his travels abroad?

3. What does a woman with two children ask Philip for when he arrives in Italy?

4. How old was Philip when he came to live with Ambrose?

5. What month is it when Philip decides to go to Italy to see Ambrose?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Philip think Rainaldi looked shocked when they first met?

2. Why did Ambrose start travelling during the winter months?

3. Why does Nick Kendall suggest that Ambrose may have been drunk when he reads a letter Philip received from him?

4. What does Philip find striking about the portrait he sees hanging in Aunt Phoebe's rooms before Rachel comes?

5. Why does Rachel wear only one color of gown?

6. Why does Philip feel ashamed of his feelings when Ambrose wrote to say he was engaged?

7. Why do the servants address Philip differently when he returns home from Italy?

8. Why does Nick Kendall think it was wrong for Ambrose to have brought Philip up without women in his life?

9. What does Rainaldi tell Philip the doctors said was the cause of Ambrose's strange behavior before his death?

10. Why does Rainaldi think that Rachel will never return to Italy?

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